Let’s hope this is not the start of something bigger.
About a dozen tar balls that washed ashore on Crystal Beach were identified Monday as oil from the BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the first evidence that oil from the spill has reached the Texas coastline.
But it was unclear whether the oil from the blowout dropped off a passing ship or drifted nearly 400 miles.
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An onslaught of tar balls on Galveston’s beaches would be disastrous for the island city’s tourism economy. Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski hoped the tar balls were a one-time occurrence.
“It is such a small amount that I’m waiting to see whether more comes or not the next few days before getting really upset,” Jaworski said.
Like I said, let’s hope this is all there is to it. Hair Balls and In the Pink have more.